νυκτόβιος

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τὸν αὐτὸν ἔρανον ἀποδοῦναι → pay him back in his own coin, repay him in his own coin, pay someone back in their own coin, pay back in someone's own coin, give tit for tat, pay back in kind

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Full diacritics: νυκτόβῐος Medium diacritics: νυκτόβιος Low diacritics: νυκτόβιος Capitals: ΝΥΚΤΟΒΙΟΣ
Transliteration A: nyktóbios Transliteration B: nyktobios Transliteration C: nyktovios Beta Code: nukto/bios

English (LSJ)

ον, paraphr. of νυκτίρεμβος, Procl.Par. Ptol.226.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νυκτόβῐος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων τὴν νύκτα ὡς ἡμέραν, δηλ. ὁ ζητῶν τὴν τροφήν του κατὰ τὴν νύκτα, ἐπὶ τῶν θηρίων ἐν γένει, Πρόκλ.

Greek Monolingual

και νυχτόβιος, -α, -ο (Α νυκτόβιος, -ον)
νεοελλ.
1. (για ζώα) αυτός που αναζητεί την τροφή του κατά τη νύχτα («νυκτόβιο είδος»)
2. (για πρόσ.) αυτός που ξενυχτά και γυρίζει σπίτι του τα χαράματα; Ξενύχτης
αρχ.
νυκτίρεμβος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < νύξ, νυκτός + βίος (πρβλ. θαλασσό-βιος)].